Bible Dictionary: Day: A Time of Festivity Called A: Good Day

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Torrey's Topical Textbook

Esther 8:17
And in every province, and in every city, wherever the king's commandment and his decree came, the Jews had joy and gladness, a feast and a good day. And many of the people of the land became Jews; for the fear of the Jews fell on them.
Torrey's Topical Textbook

Esther 9:19
Therefore the Jews of the villages, that dwelled in the unwalled towns, made the fourteenth day of the month Adar a day of gladness and feasting, and a good day, and of sending portions one to another.
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Library

Fragment v. --That up to the Time of the Destruction of Jerusalem ...
... speaks of the day of our holy festivity, which the ... of the Lord's Passion, and at
the time of the ... people of Israel, rightly observing the fourteenth day of the ...
/.../peter/the writings of peter of alexandria/fragment v that up to the.htm

Christmas Day.
... It was very necessary, especially at a time when men ... of the most high God with any
earthly merriment, or festivity? ... that a less portion of the next day can be ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/arnold/the christian life/lecture xxii christmas day.htm

John Chapter vii. 13-Jan
... human glory; but my time, that is, the time of my ... That will be my feast-day, not
running before and ... but remaining for ever; that will be festivity, joy without ...
/.../augustine/homilies on the gospel of john/tractate xxviii john chapter vii.htm

On the Words of the Gospel of John vii. 6, Etc. , Where Jesus Said ...
... but because it was kept up by a continued festivity; just as the ... that He should not
go up to the feast day, and He ... let us, as far as in the press of time we can ...
/.../sermon lxxxiii on the words.htm

At the Feast of Tabernacles
... For the time, all other interests were forgotten. ... day of the feast." The morning
of this day found the people wearied from the long season of festivity. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/white/the desire of ages/chapter 49 at the feast.htm

Accession of Cyrus to the Throne.
... army."The day of toil."The day of festivity."Speech of ... He revolved in his mind for
some time the measures ... They had had, on the first day, hard work and ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/abbott/cyrus the great/chapter v accession of cyrus.htm

Psalm XLII.
... of the faithful, the sound of that festivity charms his ... Does man "call on" man as
God is called upon? ... will commend His loving-kindness in the day-time; and in ...
/.../augustine/exposition on the book of psalms/psalm xlii.htm

The Minne-Songs
... But in the midst of the banquet, when the festivity is at its height ... The combat with
Gramoflanz is postponed to the next day, to give Gawain time to recover ...
/.../winkworth/christian singers of germany/the minne-songs.htm

The City of God
... It is certain that the Africans of his time"and for that matter, those of
to-day"would have ... happened at intervals, at times of public festivity or some ...
//christianbookshelf.org/bertrand/saint augustin/ii the city of god.htm

General Service for the Festivals of Our Lord Jesus Christ,
... having come under the conditions of time, Thou hast ... The assemblies of the faithful
are to-day enlightened and ... The festivity is come and the great mystery hath ...
/.../anonymous/the general menaion/chapter i general service for.htm

Subtopics

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Day and Night

Day Before the Sabbath

Day: A Creative Period

Day: A Time of Festivity Called A: Day of Gladness